The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

III you want 20 keep ~ r-gl this veat hey
oug an overcoat. The place to ges an over
coat is at the Golden Eagle Clothing House
Altoona, Pa.
"A sieiehipg party from Chest Springs,
consisting Of twelve or fifteen complies. drove
10 Loretto on Saturday evening last and put
up at the Highland House. They report
having had an excellent time After srend-
ing part ct she evening in dancing, they
were ushered into the dining room where
I sumptuous feast had been spread out for
+ the occasion. When all had satisfied the
/ timer man" they departed for home ip
/ heartv good cheer and expressed lit as their
( opinion that Charley knows how to enter
/ tain a crowd
! Mcdonald at Loretto still "hoIds the
fort on low prices as follows: 20 lbs brown
sugar Sl.0O, IA lbs white sugar Sl.OO. lbs
tea Sl.00, lbs chocolate OF coco 81 90, s lbs
/ green or roasted coffee 81 90, 3 lbs best roast
/ ed coffee 81. 90, 4 boxes essence coffee 1Octs
/ papers baking soda 1Octs., 2 boxes baking
/ powder 1Octs., 3 lbs prunes 25cts., 8 lbs rice
25cts., lbs barley 25cts., 3 lbs oatmeal 25cts.
4 8 lbs dried apples 25cts., gond syrup 40 cts.
best syrup Scots, per gal, flour S11O. salt
s1.S5. All other goods at equally low prices
Tor cash OF good marketable produce
During Friday, Saturda and Sunday
last the pulpit of the Presbyterian church
/ was occupied by Rev +. Bowie, OF Irwin
/ Mr.. Boyle is very earnest, logical and
/ pleasant speaker. He vas one Of the G. A
X. eXcursionists through our western states
and territories last year, and his expert
{ ences on that trip have been embodied In a
/ lecture, Across the Continent" which is
! very highly spoken Of by all who have heard
/ It, 1t is probable that arrangements can be
/ made by which he will deliver his lecture in
!, this place at some time in the near future.
/ Mr.. Boyle was a member of the 1O3d Regt
! Pa Vols. during the late war.
/ 1t has been the OBJ servatiOn of train
! men," said a railroad empIoye recently
} that when a man has been struck by 10.
/ comotive that in nearly every instance his
( shoes or boots are pulled from his feet II
| would seem a difficult matter to draw of
the tightly laced shoes Of a man. Yet in a
/ hundred cases that have come under my OBJ
/ servation, where a man has been struck by
! a train and killed, his shoes have been found
/ lying on the track. Trainmen have long
/ arguments as to the cause of it. believe
/ that the only explanation that can he given
/ is that when a locomotive strikes man
/ with fun force. his feet momentarily slide
/ along the ground with such frightful yeIoc-
/ ity that his shoes are torn from his feet. II
/ is an Indication of the terrific force with
1 which a person is struck by rapidly NOV
/ ing locomotive.
I Mr.. Philip McGough, Of East Cone
maugh, hagman On local freight, was struck
/ by the engine Of Mail train, west, on Tues
day evening at BenscTeek, and so badly
+ huIt that death ensued about ten O'Clock the
. next morning. He had gone back TO flag
/ the Mail train while his train was doing
/ some shifting and after ne was called back
started TO walk between the tracks. When
I the engine Of the Mail train whIstled he for
/ some uuaccouuJabIs reason, stepped on the
track in front, but realizing his mistake,
attempted Co get of hat was struck before
he had cleared the track His head was
( was badly cut. mis- back ard breast bruised
and his right leg broken near the ankle. Ee
( was ffty-One years Of age and leaves d wife
I and six or seven children. lie was raised
+ near Summerhui ana was a cousin Of nj.
/ Daniel McGOugh oil this place.
"A trunk, supposed to belong TO John
+ Krochmar, of Miianvilie, Wayne county,
/ tHat was transferred 20 the Ltmite Express
/ at Harrisburg on Tuesday exploded in the
! baggage car while being handled by Henry
! il. Nineus, tue baggage master. MinECs
/ was hu-t about tbc mead from being struck
by portion Of the lid, but was not danger
ously injured. The trunk was broken 70
/ pieces and the contents, consisting of cloth
| ing and evidently belonging 30 miner,
scattered all over the car. 1t is sup
/ posed that lot Of burned matches, which
/ were found when gathering up the contents
of the trunk had been ;gnited by the gentle
{ handling which is customary in baggage
cars and that package of powder took fire
aud caused the explosion. Whether the
I practice OF loading an occasional trunk
for the benefit Of baggage smashers" may
/ not prove beneficial to the travelling public
[ is a question that the accident in questi on
[ will bring before the people.
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